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iberCo.heirOne Hundrednththe . inTV-Men Join InSearch For##Losi Boy(htThursday nieht of last work, withat- a high north wind roarhin^ a velo-'ox- ritv of f»n miles per hour, Jamesllas Pen dor-ra ph. 15-year-old son nr Mr. 1 '(,ie :1nd Mrs. T W. Pendemraph. who irwdde on the Fooshee plaee, south- ! east of Noeona. was reported miss- ! was m-r Excitement ran hi eh when the JlKS father notified Alto Goldsmith, ritv marshal, that the hny was missinpr and a search was started for him.tcft0ahnarr)w.Times had told his mother alter tint his lunch that he thought he I • hoiild °o to ihe woods and cut , wood that afternoon since it had j1 ikI- 'turned colder and tlio wind was soone hinh lt;r,nd vet ready for a blizzard that seemed was inevitable Tie also told his mother that some c f“i owner in Noeona had told him that j-rcn he would pay him $1.00 a piece for j d lire thiee o’possums If he would brinp the them to him Tie left the house pre-L. sumably to cw about the task of cutting the wood and petting the o’jKissums. When he failed to return to the house later in the afternoon the mother became alarmed and wont to the woods to see if she could find her son. When she failed to locate him she came back to the house and told the father that she feared somethin,7 had happened *o the boy. Mr. Penderp.raph searched for him until 7 o'clock and failing to find any trace of the hov% v'■ame to town and nsk^d several persons at the City Hall to aid in th( search for his. son.About fifteen men volunteered their services and started out searching the woods but to no aw il. About 11 p. m. when no trace was found of Jam s the tin1 alarm was sounded and about 7.7 more men and bovs joined in the search forMu missing bov. They cove red every. • *fort of around in the woods where James was supposed to have pone to cut wood and hunt. The search continued until alxmt 3:JO a. m. when the croon exhausted and cold made their way to their homes greatly concerned about the boy’s safety, hut realizing that they had d* no allthey could in Irvine to locate him * ^About C a. m. Friday morn inc. acall was ]laced to Wichita Falls tothe home ot an uncle ot the mis -in boy and he told the family that the bov was there, safe.trTr.ifv■* • AR 1) R T Ti \\ Trbr7!VT)aeiT
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Nocona News
Nocona, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 26, 1948
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